Shih-Min Hsia

Shih-Min Hsia is a professor in the Department of Health Nutrition, Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Science, and Department of Food Safety at Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. He has been awarded outstanding achievements such as outstanding teachers and distinguished professors. Professor Hsia's research interests are very broad. Most of the research focuses on exploring the alleviation effects of active ingredients in food or Chinese herbal medicine after intervention in target diseases, ranging from female diseases such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and polycystic ovary syndrome and menstrual pain, etc. as early research directions of the laboratory. In recent years, Professor Hsia has also conducted in-depth research on the mechanisms of obesity-related diseases or female cancers, including breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer. Professor Hsia is currently leading a project aimed at understanding the effectiveness of functional foods in alleviating sarcopenia caused by anti-cancer drugs. It is expected to bring great benefits to the development of food as an auxiliary anti-cancer drug in the future.